- Jan Sørensen
Football player infobox
playername= Jan Sørensen
fullname = Jan Sørensen
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|df=yes|1955|5|14
cityofbirth =Glostrup
countryofbirth =Denmark
height =
position =midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =Glostrup IC
years = 1977-1977
1977-1983
1983-1985
1985-1986
1986-1987
1987
1987-1989
clubs =BK Frem
Club BruggeFC Twente Feyenoord
Excelsior
AjaxPortimonense SC
caps(goals) = ? (?)
156 (50)
73 (18)
25 (9)
27 (7)
5 (0)
? (?)
nationalyears = 1977-1980
nationalteam = Denmark
nationalcaps(goals) = 11 (3)
manageryears = 1989-1990
1991-1992
1997-1998
2000-2000
managerclubs =Portimonense SC
Algarve UnitedWalsall FC Hvidovre IF (sports director)Jan Sørensen (born 14 May 1955) is a Danish former
football (soccer) player, who played in thestriker position. He most notably played professionally for Belgian club Club Brugge as well asFeyenoord and Ajax in theNetherlands . He played 11 matches and scored three goals for theDenmark national football team from 1977 to 1980.Sørensen started his career with
Glostrup IC before joiningBK Frem in Denmark before the 1977 season. He proceeded to move abroad to play professionally for Belgian team Club Brugge in 1977. He reached the 1978 European Cup final with Club Brugge, which was lost to English club Liverpool. He played six seasons at Club Brugge, scoring a total of 63 goals in 185 matches, and winning two BelgianJupiler League championships. He left the club in 1983, and moved to the Netherlands to play forFC Twente ,Feyenoord , Excelsior and Ajax. He ended his active career withPortimonense SC inPortugal .Following his retirement, he was appointed manager of
Walsall FC in June 1997. He spent 11 months at the club, leaving again in May 1998. He later became sports director of Danish clubHvidovre IF .External links
* [http://www.dbu.dk/lbase/playerInfo.aspx?playerid=3689&teamtypeid=330 Danish national team profile]
*nl icon [http://www.clubbrugge.be/club/nl/geschiedenis.php?a=2_oudspeler&id=92 Club Brugge profile]
* [http://www.feyenoord-online.com/spelersarchief/speler.php?speler=s_sorensen_jan Feyenoord-Online profile]
*Soccerbase (manager)|1347|Jan Sorensen
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